PermaNET mid-term conference, Innsbruck, July 6-8, 2010

The PermaNET mid-term conference, organised by the University of Innsbruck will take place July 6-8th, 2010 in Innsbruck. Public events, lectures and a press conference on July 6th presenting for the first time a perliminary map of permafrost distribution in the Alps will be followed by project workshops on July 7th and and excursion on July 8th. Further details you can find here. For participation please submit your registration as soon as possible.

Permafrost Monitoring Network, WP4: Milestone 1

We are pleased to announce the completion of Milestone 1 of WP4. Therein all permafrost monitoring activities of the permaNET partners were identified, documented and classified. This represents an important first step along the way of establishing a coherent permafrost monitoring network in the Alpine Space and constitutes the basis for all ongoing research within permaNET as well as future permafrost related projects.

You can find out more here, including a map, images and related information of all permafrost monitoring sites within permaNET.

Press Release:

Newspaper article in "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung"

Upcoming Conferences:

On September 25th and 26th The PermaNet project presents and organizes as part of the "Herbsttagung der Geologen"
the meeting "LEBEN und BAUEN im PERMAFROST" in Bozen / Bolzano.



Fondazione Montagna sicura and the other partners of the Cabina di Regia dei Ghiacciai Valdostani have organised a conference about glaciers and permafrost in Aosta Valley on 1st October:  "Ghiacciai e permafrost in Valle d'Aosta - Forzanti meteoclimatiche, evoluzione ed effetti" ("Glaciers and permafrost in Aosta Valley - Climatic constraints, evolutions and effects"). The conference will be held at Jardin de l'Ange in Courmayeur (Aosta Valley). The languages of the speeches are Italian and French.